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Ahmed Rushdi

1934 - 1983

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Ahmed Rushdi (Urdu: احمد رشدی; 24 April 1934 – 11 April 1983) was a versatile Pakistani playback singer and was "an important contributor to the golden age of Pakistani film music." Regarded as one of the greatest singers in South Asia who could sing high tenor notes with ease, he is best known for his versatility and distinctive voice, with complex and dark emotional expressions. Considered as the first pop singer of South Asia, he sang South Asia's first pop song, "Ko Ko Korina", in the 1966 film Armaan. Born in Hyderabad Deccan, he migrated to Pakistan following partition. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ahmed Rushdi has received more than 321,247 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Ahmed Rushdi is the 3,025th most popular singer, the 1,039th most popular biography from India and the 36th most popular Indian Singer.

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  • 320k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 31.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Ahmed Rushdi ranks 3,025 out of 3,528. Before him are Tix, Cristina Scuccia, Keisha Buchanan, AZ, Hanna Pakarinen, and Eiji Wentz. After him are Sevak Khanagyan, Marina Lizorkina, Kwon Ri-se, Aska Yang, Blas Cantó, and Mei Finegold.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Ahmed Rushdi ranks 497. Before him are Eddie Clamp, Ronnie Carroll, Ronnie Moran, Jim Jeffords, Ronnie Clayton, and Marlene Mathews. After him is Mel Carnahan. Among people deceased in 1983, Ahmed Rushdi ranks 240. Before him are Henry M. Jackson, Terence Cooke, Gale Page, José Villanueva, Ruby Myers, and Betty Nuthall.

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In India

Among people born in India, Ahmed Rushdi ranks 1,039 out of 1,493. Before him are Smriti Irani (1976), Padmini Kolhapure (1965), K. S. Chithra (1963), Uday Chopra (1973), Shreya Ghoshal (1984), and Ila Arun (1929). After him are Sabeer Bhatia (1968), Hariharan (1955), Irom Chanu Sharmila (1972), Prabhu Deva (1973), Mohammad Azharuddin (1963), and Mani Kaul (1944).

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Among SINGERS In India

Among singers born in India, Ahmed Rushdi ranks 36. Before him are Parveen Sultana (1950), Reshma (1947), Sonu Nigam (1973), Daler Mehndi (1967), Pankaj Udhas (1951), and Gurdas Maan (1957). After him are Hariharan (1955), Shankar Mahadevan (1967), Abhijeet Bhattacharya (1958), Sadhana Sargam (1969), Neha Kakkar (1988), and Sukhwinder Singh (1971).

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